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employment office

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noun

  1. Former names: employment exchange, labour exchange. any of a number of government offices established to collect and supply to the unemployed information about job vacancies and to employers information about availability of prospective workers See also Jobcentre

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Sue Tilley was 35 years old and working in a London employment office when she disrobed and let British artist Lucian Freud paint her in the nude.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

A second person showed up and worked for part of the day before sustaining an injury and returning to the employment office to say he had gotten hurt on the job.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2025

In a statement Friday, Barnes said the building will have eight apartments of recovery housing, a recovery drop-in center, employment office and a bakery offering on-the-job training.

From Washington Times ● May 26, 2023

Then one day this spring the dad spent an excruciating hour stuck on hold while calling the state employment office; he finally slammed the phone down in frustration.

From New York Times ● May 29, 2021

His first day in America he sought out an employment office.

From Working With the Working Woman by Cornelia Stratton Parker

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